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One day (or week in your busy schedule case) at a time but your getting closer. Looking great for sure!!! Iím not sure whoís more anxious to see this done, you or everybody thatís been following!! Lol.

I can assure you it's me lol! I want to be able to enjoy all my work at this point for sure, I need a break!

Another big step today thanks to Jeff at Lifereef! I can't say enough how pleased I am with the first sump he built for me. This thing is built exactly how I wanted it and he even made a few improvements to make it even better. Anyone that has ever worked with Jeff knows the great customer service he provides for sure!

This is the first section of my sump to house the skimmer and socks. The sump is 32"x34"x21" and will hold about 90 gallons. It has 5, 1.5" drains, 7" filter socks or I can use some canisters I'm having him make (more on that later), and 3, 2" bulkheads to pass on to the main sump. It's a beast for sure!

Skimmer fits in it like a glove

The other sump will be done in a couple weeks and then the real work can finally begin to get this thing wet!

Well I got the other sump today! Here is a quick shot for now and I will take some better ones tomorrow. For reference the plywood it's sitting on is an 8' sheet. Total sump length is 101" and about 220 gallon capacity. I have to paint the back like the other one and then I can get this thing moved into position.

I'm working hard at it when I can, believe me, it's all I do aside from work. I actually took this week off work with the sole purpose of working on my tank. I'm plumbing my water tanks together currently which is proving to be a pain. I will take some pics tomorrow of my current projects. I hope to have almost everything wrapped up by the end of the week...... hopefully. Probably still a month or so before it's totally running though.

All right guys here is a little update. I have been sick all week and not very productive and today I tried to throw my back out. But here is the fish room right now with stuff everywhere.

I have the water tanks setup and will finish plumbing them tomorrow. Lines run from RODI through the cabinets to the closet and then to and from the mixing tank.

Here are pics of the overflow drains, they are all 1.5" drains. Flow through the sump should be about 4000gph with everything tied in. The lowest is for the 60 cube that will be out front, the next is the secondary bean animal, and the one with the gate valve is the full siphon. These took several hours to get sloped just right and setup before I glued them, very tight space. The emergency drain will go direct to the fuge section straight in.